Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running-mate, Kathy Hochul, campaign across upstate in a three-city bus tour. They were pushing for passage of what the governor has been calling his Women’s Equality Agenda. NY1′s Zack Fink filed the following report.
Much like he did when he first ran for governor four years ago, Andrew Cuomo is taking his message on the road.
Joined by his running mate, Kathy Hochul, Cuomo held rallies in Albany, Syracuse and Rochester Saturday.
The message at all three stops was the same: support the 10-point Women’s Equality Agenda the governor first proposed last year.
“And I am not going to leave this Planet Earth until that New York State legislature says my three daughters and your daughters and your sisters are equal to every man in this state,” Cuomo said.
The plan includes a bill demanding pay equity for women in the workplace, along with other measures—bthe most controversial plank is its tenth bill dealing with abortion.
Last year, Republicans in the State Senate passed nine of the ten bills but refused to support the abortion component.
“Don’t be fooled by people who look you in the eye—particularly if you are a woman or a girl—and tell you, ‘I’m with you eight out of 10. I’m with you nine out of 10. I’m with you four out of 10.’ No! We deserve 10 out of 10,” said former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Supporters of the abortion bill say it merely codifies Roe versus Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that made abortion legal. New York law predates that 1973 decision.
Opponents, however, say the bill would expand access to abortion by broadening who is eligible to perform abortions—no longer just physicians.
“Not true. And I believe they actually know it’s not true. It’s just smoke and mirrors,” Cuomo said.
The Cuomo campaign bus tour was trailed by supporters of Republican candidate Rob Astorino. They claim the Women’s Equality Agenda is a political gimmick.
“I think a lot of it is just Democratic liberal agenda. Many of them have to do with things that are already in the law or hardly change the law,” said Rep. Claudia Tenney.
The Cuomo-Hochul campaign is trying to send the message that if you stand with them—if you vote for them—you are standing up for women’s rights. This was the first campaign bus tour, but they say they will be doing this every Saturday until Election Day next month.
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